the place is characterised by a combination of odour, light, colour and lettering: bright colourful type, cast metal letters, names engraved in plaster, messages and paintings sprayed on surfaces capture the characteristic visual scent of a city. you don't perceive them as shapes but as information. you read the signs but fail to identify their messages. in the interplay of their shapes and forms they are tiny time-capsules, narrative echoes of the era in which they were created. anecdotes relating to a building and its location. in the exhibition / in the book “alphabet innsbruck” these hidden stories become visible.
projectdata
exhibition catalogue:
andreas uebele alphabet
innsbruck, hermann
schmidt mainz, 2009,
180 seiten 28,– euro,
isbn 978-3-87439-785-8
client:
aut: architektur und tirol
arno ritter
project team:
stefan becker
katrin dittmann
(project management)
andreas uebele
product design:
zieglerbürg
büro für gestaltung
prof. diane ziegler
photos:
daniel fels
copy:
georg salder
gretl köfler
andreas uebele
awards
ed-awards 2010, bronze